Lynda Benglis moved to New York at the apex of Minimalism in the 1960s. Using brightly colored polyurethane foam and incorporating wide-ranging influences, such as Abstract Expressionism, Process Art, Minimalism, Feminist art, geological forms, and ceremonial totems, Benglis developed her instantly recognizable sculptural language of undulating, oozing biomorphic forms. Along with other feminist artists, she challenged the cool, rationalist premise of the male-dominated Minimalist movement, refusing to accept limitations, whether political or aesthetic. In addition to sculpture, Benglis works in video and photography, and has used media interventions (such as a well known ad placed in Artforum in 1974, showing the artist nude with a dildo between her legs) to explore notions of power and gender relations.

American, b. 1941, Lake Charles, Louisiana , based in New York, New York

Locks Gallery,
Lynda Benglis
Aspen Art Museum,
Aspen ,
Storm King Art Center,
New Windsor,
Lynda Benglis: Water Sources
Lynda Benglis: Everything Flows (1980-2013)

Long Island City,
Halloween Eve Modern & Contemporary Art Auction
James Fuentes,
Downtown Art Ephemera, 1970s-1990s, Curated by Marc H Miller
The Museum of Modern Art,
Studio Visit: Selected Gifts from Agnes Gund
Vivian Horan Fine Art,
Taos: 1960's - Present
Ogden Museum of Southern Art,
New Orleans, LA, USA,
The Whole Drum Will Sound: Women in Southern Abstraction
Cheim & Read,
The Bass,
Miami Beach,
Art Public
Katherine Cone Gallery,
You Don't Know Jack The Most Iconic Artists of the 1970s
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